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r *Rr ► -^Te'..,»* v< i «4y*w*-*-**«*<•• 4 » V < > *9 * i t •« *■♦• M •» M W 5 ( U ^ S ^ 8 k -* m ■fJ*« « « ~ » 8 SANDY ( O f . ) POST Thur» June 21. 1984 (Sec I) Sports The Slinäy Post and Recreation College a lesson for SUHS Hall of Famers Contreras is still hitting at LBCC Skipper to be a two sport athlete at UO by DANIEL CRAWFORD for The Post by H A NK E M R IC H The way Scott Skipper performed in three sports at Sandy High School, the question was not whether to put him in the school’s Hall of Fam e. A more difficult decision was choosing which sport to honor the 1983 graduate Skipper competed in foot ball. wrestling, and track. Football was the choice, in part because of the full scholarship Skip per received to the University of Oregon, and his being honored as a m ember of the Shriner’s All-Star team. Skipper, who finished second in the state in javelin his senior year, could have just as well been chosen for track, and plans to compete for the NCAA champion Ducks this year. " I would have been out this year, but they pretty much want the freshmen to concentrate on spring football practice,” said Skipper. Skipper, who redshirted his first season, said his introduction to col lege football was abrupt. “ The first day I was lined up against G ary Z im m erm an,” he said. Zim m erm an graduated this year from UO and signed a 2.2 million dollar contract with the LA Express of the United States Football League. “ He pretty much welcomed me to the Pac-10,” said Skipper. “ By the end of the season, I got so 1 could either dodge him, or get in a lit tle stalem ate,” he said. Skipper said the Pac-10 level has no room for players who do not give 100 percent. ” 1 don’t have any problem with t h a t , " he s a id , " b u t a lm o s t everybody else feels the same w ay.” You have to go that much harder,” said Skipper "You can pretty much lose your spot in one day.” Skipper, who carried an 18 hour class load, said redshirting his fre sh m a n y e a r w ill help him academically as well as on the foot ball field. He plans to m ajor in business or telecommunications, and is taking the education seriously. " I would like to play pro, but a lot of things can happen,” he said. "A person is really down here to go to school, a lot of kids wait too long to realize that,” said Skipper Skipper said athletes have to set priorities early, in academics and in Photo by Scott Newton Scott Skipper during the I9H3 state AAA championships Moe Contreras shows the batting form that put him in SVHS Hall of Fame. training Skipper has a big hand in helping his younger brother, Art Jr., in his training program. Art will be a freshman at SUHS next year The Skipper's are a close knit fam ily, and it does not take much to get Scott talking about his brother. “ I think Toad is stronger than 1 was at that age,” he said. "Toad” is the fam ily nickname for Art Jr. Scott is referred to as "The Bear.” “ He also has one heck of an arm for a quarterback," said "The B ear.” Skipper believes in conditioning for his brother and himself, one reason playing tim e on the varsity next year, both as an outside linebacker and on special teams. " T h e y ta k e th e top th re e linebackers on each side, and linebackers get hurt pretty fast,” ex plained Skipper. Randy Hutchinson, who coached Skipper in both track and football, thinks Skipper can play varsity in both track and football next year at UO. “ He is a hard worker and just ornery enough to make him good,” said Hutchinson. Skipper evidently has some ad- being his need to "bulk up" for the coming football season. He played at “ under 200 pounds" at SUHS, and wants to be at 230-235 by fall. The extra weight has not cut into Skipper's speed He recently clocked 4.8 in the 40 yard dash A break from school does not mean a break from the weights for Skipper. “ I started working out the first night home,” he said. “ The guys that don't work out over the summer seem to get hurt regular ly ,” said Skipper. Skipper’s position on the depth chart should call for quite a bit of Jensen grabs a win at MHCC in Heptathlon Sharon Jensen, a Sandy High graduate who w ill be playing in the Metro State All-Star basketball con test June 23 at Portland State, show ed last week that her athletic abilities are not confined to the basketball court Jensen finished first at the Junior Olympic Heptahlon held June 14 and 15 at M t Hood Community College Jensen’s score of 4,413 bettered that set by All-American Gayle Roth, also an SUHS graduate, when she com peted several years ago It is the fifth highest point total scored in district Junior Olympic competition. "Sharon’s score is a reflection of how good an all around athlete she is," said Coach Wayne Keuchler While Jensen and her coach are certain she can tally a sim ilar score at regionals to qualify for the na tional competition, there are still pro blems to be overcome “ The finals are in Baton Rouge, and I am not sure how she can go if we don’t raise the funds,” said Keuchler. The seven event competition in cludes 100m hurdles, shot put. high jump. 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m Lisa Lind, a junior at SUHS, scored 4,102 for second at the meet Both qualify for regionals “ Lisa did a great job, especially considering it was her first time for this type of com petition,” said Keuchler “ With some hard work in the next tw o w e e k s , she c o u ld m a k e nationals.” Bob Collins competed in the decathlon, finishing eighth with 4,775 points. “ Bob is a very hard worker and wanted to try something different,” said Keuchler. “ he did very well in miration for his former coach as well. "H e is one of the best around." “ He is willing help with other things than just practice.” Skipper said Hutchinson was a large part of the reason for his get ting the scholarship at Oregon. With a position on the football team almost certain, and javelin throws "stepped off at about 235 feet,” Skip per is beginning to make that scholarship pay for UO. Maybe in four years, the Ducks will have a difficult time figuring out in which sport to hand out the honors Sandy baseball teams vying for top spot Sharon Jensen his strong event and will do better the next time he competes ” After a week of solid rain, the Senior division Bruce Cook In surance team finally got some games in last week, beginning with a lopsid ed victory over Corbett. The following day, BCI was match ed against the Mt Hood Dairy Queen and it turned into a classic pitching duel. DQ pitcher Robert Rodriquez and BCI pitcher Randy Wheeler each allowed only one hit in the game, en ding in a 1-0 BCI win. BCI traveled to the Canby Invita tional over the weekend, taking se cond place among some of the state's toughest teams. In their first game, the Sandy team faced Gladstone, a team that had not lost a game this season Randy Gifford and Tony Hale com bined to pitch a three-hitter, ending Gladstone's win streak with a 3-1 score Wheeler also added a single and a double in the game The second game was a rout of Canby II. with Hale leading a steadv offensive attack in the 11-1 win Hale had a homerun and a double, Gifford had two hits, and Wheeler added a single and a double. Gifford and Wheeler were the pitchers. Untimely errors in the first inning gave Canby I an early lead in the championship game, and BCI was unable to recover, losing 10-4 to take second place. Sandy VFW holds an identical 8-1 record after two wins this week in the same Senior league One victory came at the expense of Mt. Hood Dairy Queen, just recovering from the tough game with BCI. Wes Kelley and Jeff Ullmen pitch ed the team to a 12-8 win John Peter son. Donavon Buhl. Doug Cassidy and Lance Conger all had three hits in the game Ullmen combined with Dale Boyd for a 7-2 win over Welches earlier. Peterson's home run was the first of the year for VFW. After a season of baseball at Linn- Benton C o m m u n ity College in Albany, Steven "M oe" Contreras is well entrenched on the team Contreras, a 1983 Sandy High graduate, hit .569 in his senior year of high school. That batting average was the best in the state and good enough to earn him a spot in the State-Metro All-Star series. He is also the only baseball player in the SUHS Hall of Fam e Being the third of four brothers (M ark, Mike, Moe and Scott) to play varsity baseball for the Pioneers, Contreras has some extra pressure to go with “ living up to" his awards. He says it helps. "Playing under a lot of pressure is a plus for m e,” said Contreras, "it brings out the best in m e.” P rim arily a catcher at SUHS, Con treras has since adopted Jekyll and Hyde characteristics. He viewed the battery from the pitchers standpoint this season at Linn-Benton, turning in some impressive statistics. They in clude a 2—0 won-lost record and a microscopic 0.50 ERA. He also fann ed 12 while walking only 5 in 16 inn ings of work. The difference between college level and high school baseball became immediately apparent to Contreras. "Everybody is just as good or bet ter than m e,” he said. “ It is just a m atter of how much you want to play the gam e.” Contreras wanted to play enough to garner an impressive .308 average at the plate. At least it impressed everyone but Contreras. " It is a good average, but not after you just hit .569,” he said. He also found some other dif ferences in college ball. "Everybody says I am too small to play catcher and I am beginning to believe them ,” said Contreras. With the current major league prescription calling for about 6-4 and 210 pounds. Contreras’ 5-8, 150 pound fram e does not seem to fill that bill. H is h it t in g and d e fe n s iv e capabilities were good enough to rate a trip by scouts to Sandy, however. As luck would have it, Contreras was filling in at first base both times the scouts came to visit. He hopes to play at several posi tions, including pitcher and catcher next season Second base would be the most likely place for him to fu r ther a career in baseball, he said. Contreras refuses to give up on his hopes of p la y in g p ro fess io n al baseball. " I f I have a good year. I'm sure I ’ll get another look.” he said Proctor gets invite and scholarship Denise Proctor, Sandy High's top shot putter this year who finished se cond in state, has been invited to compete in the Women’s Interna tional Prep Classic in Beaverton June 30. The top 10-15 athletes in the nation (in each event) are invited to com pete in the prestigious event Athletes from other nations compete as w ell. Proctor also recently decided to ac cept a scholarship offer from the University of Northern Colorado in Greely, Colorado Commission sets Oregon game mammals hunting rules Following public hearings in Bend and Coos Bay and on two different days in Portland, the Oregon Fish and W ildlife Commission set the 1984 game m am m al regulations For the first tim e in recent history, portions of eastern Oregon will be closed entirely to mule deer hunting In other units, the season will be lim ited to 5 days and in a number of units where severe winter conditions did not occur, a 12-day season w ill be the rule Seasons for black-tailed deer in western Oregon and elk on both sides of the mountains are quite sim ilar to the 1983 regulations The opening date for deer season statewide was set earlier this year for Sept 29 However, the following management units will have no open season for mule deer Catherine Creek. Keating. Lookout Mountain. Pine Creek. Sumpter and the Oregon portion of Hells Canyon Wilderness in the Snake River unit. In 19 other units where the winter took a lighter toll on mule deer, a five-day season ending on Oct. 3 was set. The remaining 22 eastern Oregon management units will have a 12-day season ending on Oct 10 Bucks with visible antlers will be legal in most eastern Oregon open areas Two existing permit entry hunts w ill be continued for mule deer and two new ones added The South Steens Mountain hunt w ill continue with a 4-point antler rule One thou sand permits will be available in a season closing Oct 10. The Trout Creek Mountains season w ill again be limited to 200 perm it holders in a 12-day season for any buck with visible antlers A new permit entry hunt was set for the Beatys Butte unit with 600 per mils available for one buck with visi ble antlers A 12-day season was set The Silvies unit hunt will be held this year as a permit entry hunt It will last five days with 1.000 permits proposed for bucks with visible antlers A new regulation this year closes perm it entry deer hunting areas to all other hunting with centerfire rifles during the deer season One thousand controlled hunt per mits, mostly for antlerless deer, w ill be issued to c o n tro l s p e c ific agricultural damage problems in five eastern Oregon areas Seasons for black-tailed deer in western Oregon are nearly identical to last year Blacktail populations are stable through most of their range The general season will run 40 days, from Sept 29 through Nov. 7, for bucks with forked antler or bet ter A "hunter's choice” either-sex season from Nov 3 through 7 is again on tap in all or parts of the ten nor thwest Oregon management units and a two-month either-sex deer season in the W illamette unit from Sept 29 through Nov 30 In addition. 8.400 antlerless per mits w ill be available for southwest and central coast management units. 100 more than last year Included is the McDonald Forest hunt with a lim it of 1,000 permits A high Cascades buck hunt is set for Sept 8 through 16 for buc + s with at least a forked antler, and 3,500 per mits Perm it holders may hunt dur ing the later general blacktail season if they are unsuccessful in the high Cascades hunt Split seasons were again set for elk hunting on both sides of the Cascades, with the hunter to choose a first or second period hunt for either Roosevelt elk or Rocky Mountain elk at the tim e of tag purchase In western Oregon, the general bull seasons for Roœevelt elk will run Nov 10 through 13 for the first period and Nov 17 through 23 for the second, for bulls with spike antler or better Saddle Mountain and Tioga units will remain under a 3-point antler regulation, and again this year there will be no quota on hunter numbers A hunter simply buys a tag good for a first or second period hunt in both of these units The tag restricts the hunter to that hunt for the season Please turn to Page 9. Gardner team fights to tie Gardner Plumbing's womens soc cer team took on the Bruisers last Thursday with the end result a 3-3 tie, thanks to the skills of Amy Lynch. Lynch’s incredible ball handling resulted in her scoring a "hat tric k .” chalking up all three of Gardner's goals The Bruisers' forward, a high school first team all state pick singlehandedly scored all three Bruiser goals. The game was a head to head con test with each team taking 21 shots on goal Laurie Espenel. playing sweeper, did an excellent job of hustling and picking up any balls that got by the defense, said Coach Don Gardner Gardner s two goalies, Christa Searls and Rhonda Schoppert. had a com bined effort of 12 saves
